Comic Book Task

I used this book in my ELL class. First I’d give the students a photo copy of the chapter with the words missing and ask them to fill it in. They could either guess the story or make up something completely new. Then they would present their stories to the class (which was a lot of fun). And finally, we’d start reading and working through the real comic. It was great because the students were involved and excited. They were practicing writing and speaking— which usually intimidated some students, but in this situation they were so excited to share they couldn’t wait to present. And we worked on reading and building vocabulary. I wish there were more text presented in this comic book form. If you go to this amazon link and look inside the book, you’ll see the speech bubbles and scene settings that I would white-out in their handouts. http://www.amazon.com/Hercules-Twelve-Labors-Graphic-Universe/dp/0822530848/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product


Also, in college we watched the manga series One Piece and Naruto— both I really enjoyed and recommend. =)